Chapter two is finally here! Took me a while, didn't it?
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/Yami to Yugi through the mind link/
/Yugi to Yami in the mind link/
'Thoughts'
"Speaking"
Now, on with the story!
Disclaimer: I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh! or any of the characters.
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Rekindled Love
Chapter 2: A Not-So-Warm Welcome
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"It's been a long time, aibou," said Yami.
Yugi's grip on the door handle tightened as he leaned against the wooden door for support. At that moment in time, he didn't trust his now weak knees. Hyperventilating, he blinked, hoping the image in front of him was some sort of illusion. He closed his eyes, counted silently to five, then slowly opened them again…
…Yami was still standing on the door step.
Yugi swallowed, hard. 'This is not possible.'
Yami just stared up at his old partner. He looked…paler than he used to. Probably due to the shock of seeing Yami again after all these years. Besides that, Yugi hadn't changed at all. Sure, he had grown in height over the years and looked a little bit more mature. But other than that, Yugi still looked like Yugi. Even his hair and sense of fashion was still the same.
Yami looked himself over and gave a small, amused laugh; he was wearing almost the same clothes as Yugi, only his top had no sleeves. It seemed that he hadn't changed much these past few years either. He still liked to dress like his other half.
"I forgot how alike we were," Yami commented with a smile, indicating their clothes.
Yugi just stared at him in a shocked daze.
Yami blinked. "Aibou, are you all right?" he said.
Yugi gave no answer. However, his breathing seemed to increase dramatically.
Yami stepped forward. "Aibou?" He waved his in front of his face. "Ai-bou."
Still Yugi stared in a daze, his eyes refusing to move, or blink.
"Aibou, snap out of it!" Yami said, snapping his fingers in front of Yugi's eyes. "Aren't you going to say something? It's me, Yami."
And as if Yami's name was the magic word, Yugi snapped out of his daze. His fear and disbelief instantly turned into rage. He had so much he wanted to say to Yami. So many painful words he had kept inside if him for six long years. He wanted Yami to know the pain he had felt. The pain he still felt, even now.
"Aibou?" Yami asked, a little fearful of the anger in Yugi's eyes.
But Yugi didn't know where to start, and decided to let his actions speak for him.
SLAP
SLAM
Yami blinked, a little surprised at what had just happened.
"I should have known he'd do something like that," he sighed. He rubbed his now sore cheek where Yugi had slapped him and winced. "But where did he learn to slap like that?"
Yugi leant again the now closed front door, placing his hand on his chest. He urged his heart to slow down and for his breathing to be slow and normal again. He took a deep breath, held it in for a few seconds, then slowly breathed out through his nose. He repeated this three more times before he regained control over his breathing again. He put his hand on his sweaty forehead and slipped it down his face.
"It's just a dream," he reassured himself. "It's just a dream. It is just a dre-"
"Aibou!" Yami shouted through the wood that now separated them. He pounded on the door. "Aibou! Open the door!"
"OK, so it's not a dream," Yugi said to himself. "It's just a really horrible nightmare."
"Aibou!" Yami shouted again. He continued to hit the door with his fist.
Yugi covered his ears to try and block out the sound.
"Please, open the door!" Yami pleaded.
'Just stay quiet, and he'll soon go away,' Yugi reassured himself. 'Just stay very, very quiet.'
"Come on, aibou! I know you're there!" Yami continued to shout, only louder. "I'm not leaving until you let me in!"
"Great…" Yugi sighed sarcastically.
Yami hit the door again. "Aibou, please. I just want to talk." He waited for a moment in case Yugi replied. He didn't.
It was then that Yami thought of something.
With a smug look on his face, he folded his arms across his chest. "All right, if you don't want me to come in, I won't…" he called.
"Yes!" Yugi cheered quietly. "At last!"
"…But," Yami continued. "That doesn't mean I'll stay quiet. If you don't let me in, then I'll just shout what I want to say through the door. And I'll have to shout very loudly if I want you to hear."
"Uh oh…"
"You don't want the whole street to know our personal business?" Yami said smugly, cocking an eyebrow. "Do you?"
Yami stood on Yugi's doorstep and silently counted in his head. 'Three…Two…One…'
CLICK
Slowly the door to the Kame Game Shop opened. Yugi stood just behind the door, his head lowered so his bangs covered his eyes. 'Damn him. This gets me every time.'
Yami stepped into the doorway before Yugi changed his mind. "Thank you." 'Works every time.'
Yugi closed the door behind him softly and just stood by the door in defeat. Yami on the other hand walked straight into the living room. He looked around and admired his old home.
"I see this place hasn't changed much," he said to Yugi, who had now walked into the living room and was standing in the doorway. Yami continued to walk around the living room, taking in the old sights. "I see you have a new TV system. And these new sofas are nice too. But it's nice to see that everything else is still the same." He turned around and smiled at Yugi. "Right?"
Yugi said nothing. Instead, he decided to stare daggers at Yami. Long, pointy, sharp, daggers.
Yami flinched slightly at Yugi's glare, but had suspected it. He did leave him for six years with no explanation. He gave a small nervous laugh before continuing with admiring the room. The sound of the TV caught his attention. He glanced at the show that happened to be on.
"You still watch this?" Yami asked happily, pointing to the old anime show playing. "This used to be your favourite. I remember watching this with you!"
Yugi swiftly walked over to the nearest sofa and snatched up the remote. He switched off the TV and threw the remote angrily back onto the sofa. He stood a few feet aware from Yami, arms crossed across his chest.
"O-K," Yami said cautiously. "So maybe that was the wrong thing to say…"
Yugi continued to stare daggers at the one person he despised. Yami swallowed, hard. This was not going as he had hoped it would.
"So," Yami said, trying to break the ice. "How have you been?" He mentally kicked himself as soon as the words escaped his lips.
"Why are you here?" Yugi asked angrily.
Yami blinked. These were the first words Yugi has said to him since he'd arrived. "What?"
"Why are you here?" Yugi repeated more slowly, still in an angry voice.
"I thought that would be obvious," Yami answered, a little confused. He took a step forward to Yugi.
Yugi took a step back. "That's not an answer."
Yami stopped his advance towards Yugi. He stared into his eyes, trying to find something…something…friendly there. However, he found nothing in Yugi's deep amethyst eyes. He sighed and lowered his head, unable to look at Yugi.
"I came back to make up for my past mistakes. I want to apologise…"
"You disappear for six years with no contact at all and you choose now to apologise?" Yugi suddenly asked, rage in his voice. "Where have you been all this time anyway?"
"I've been travelling," Yami answered, still not looking at Yugi. "I travelled the world trying to find answers. Answers to so many questions that haunt my mind. Answers to questions about you, aibou. About us."
"And why come back now? Did you get bored seeing the world?"
"No, I didn't. In fact, I've only seen half of it. I've come back now because I've finally found my answers. It took an old 'friend' in my homeland to help me realise that." He looked up at Yugi with soft, crimson eyes. "Don't you see, Yugi? I'm finally ready for you. I want you. I still love you."
"Too bad," Yugi spat. "Because I don't love you."
"Lies!" Yami cried. "You do love me aibou. I know you do. I can see it in your eyes!"
"What you see it hatred. Something completely different from love. I don't love you Yami, and I never will. Not again!"
"But you do aibou!" Yami pleaded.
"Don't you dare call me that!" Yugi spat.
"But why not?" Yami asked, surprised. "You were happy when I called you it before."
"That's all in the past. Something I want to forget because I don't love you!"
"Stop lying to me! I know you still love me."
"I don't!" Yugi shouted. "So stop saying it! I'm happy now. More happy than I was when I was with you."
"You don't mean that," Yami said determinedly.
"I was happy until the moment you appeared on my doorstep. No, I was happy until you started randomly calling me!"
"You knew that was me?" Yami asked, shocked.
"Of course I did! It all makes sense now. Someone starts 'prank' calling me six times in one week? I'm not dumb, Yami. I know when someone wants to talk to me but doesn't have the courage to say anything. I am a teacher after all! And you turning up on my doorstep was the last piece of the puzzle." He paced up and down the room. "Why did you do it anyway?"
"I thought I could talk to you over the phone and tell you how sorry I am. But I found that I wasn't ready. And I was scared you wouldn't talk to me. So I thought it was best to see you face to face and tell you how truly sorry I am…"
"Not that!" Yugi shouted. "Why did you leave me? Without no explanation at all. And for six years. Six years Yami!"
"I know," Yami said solemnly. "I know I hurt you ai-…I mean, Yugi. And I'm sorry. I truly am sorry I hurt you like that. I wish I could go back and change the past so it never happened. But I can't."
"But why did you leave?" Yugi's voice shook as tears started to form in his eyes.
Yami turned away and mumbled. "I can't say…"
"What was that?" Yugi asked, a slight tone of mockery in his voice.
"I said I can't say!" Yami yelled, now looking at Yugi.
"Typical!" Yugi shouted, throwing his arms in the air. "You come back after six years asking me to come back to you, I ask why you left in the first place and you give me a shit answer like that! And you think I'm going to come back to you with an answer like that?"
"Well…yes…I-"
"Well tough luck!" Yugi loudly interrupted. "I'm not coming back to you Yami because I DON'T LOVE YOU!"
"Yes you do!" Yami shouted angrily. He lunched forward and grabbed Yugi's shoulders roughly. "I know you do. I want you back-"
"Well you're too late," Yugi spat. He held up his left hand.
Yami took one look at the piece of gold jewellery on Yugi's ring finger and jumped back in shock, releasing his grip on Yugi.
"Y-You…" he stuttered, finding it hard to say the words. He swallowed. "Y-Y-You're…m-m-m-married?" His face went pale as his eyes never left the gold ring.
"Engaged," Yugi corrected calmly.
"B-B-But how?" Yami asked, flabbergasted. "W-When? Where? WHO?"
"I asked her to marry me about four months ago when we went out for our five year anniversary dinner. I thought it was about time I settled down."
"B-But who, Yugi?" Yami asked. "Who are you engaged to?"
"Anzu," Yugi replied calmly.
"Anzu?" Yami jumped back in surprise. "Anzu Mazaki? Our Anzu?"
"The very same."
"B-B-But why her? Of all people, why her?"
"Because Anzu was there for me when I needed her!" Yugi yelled back. "She was there for me when you left me. She helped me get over you and put my life back together. She helped me face the world once again. And she was there for me when grandpa died."
"Your grandfather…passed away?" Yami asked softly.
"That's what I just said. Anzu helped me move on from you and she helped me recover from my grandpa's death. Where were you Yami? Where were you when I needed someone the most?"
"I-"
"I'll tell you where!" Yugi interrupted. "You were off travelling around the bloody world trying to "find yourself". What a load of bull shit!"
"Yugi," Yami said trying to calm him down. "I'm truly sorry for what I did. I've said it a thousand times and I'll say it a thousand times more. I'm sorry, and I wish I could change what I did. But I can't change the past, no matter how much I want to. I just want you to forgive me and come back to me. I love you."
"You expect me to leave Anzu just like that? You expect me to forgive you? After all you did? How dumb are you? I'm not leaving Anzu. We're getting married in two months and that's that."
"Yugi don't be so stupid!" Yami protested. "You don't love her! You never have and you never will. You love me, like I love you!"
"No I don't!"
"Yes you do!" Yami stepped forward and roughly grabbed Yugi's shoulders again. "I know you love me! You always have and you always will! Say it. Say it!"
"Let me go!" Yugi cried, trying to break free of Yami's strong grip.
But Yami refused to let him go again and held him tight. Yugi had to hear this. He had to understand. And he had to stop lying to himself like this.
"Yugi, a love like ours can never disappear. You say that you don't love me? Well you're wrong. You're wrong Yugi!" He shook Yugi by the shoulders. "You may not feel it now, but deep in your heart you still love me, like I love you! Why can't you just admit that?"
"Because there is nothing to admit!" Yugi retaliated. "Now let me GO!"
"NO!" He brought Yugi's body closer to his with a strong pull. Their chests were barely an inch apart. He spoke in an angry but determined voice. "I know you love me, Yugi. And I'm going to prove it."
Yami closed his eyes and brought his face towards Yugi, softening his lips. He had waited six years to do this again, and he wasn't prepared to wait any longer. He hungrily pulled Yugi closer to him, waiting to kiss his soft lips.
As Yugi was involuntarily being pulled closer towards Yami, he saw him close his eyes and soften his lips. He panicked. 'Holy shit! He's going to kiss me!'
Yugi tried to wriggle free from Yami's grip, but failed to break free. Upon sensing Yugi trying to break free, Yami only held on tighter.
Closer and closer their faces came. Yugi tried to turn away but found that his head wouldn't listen to his brain. He soon found his eyes closing themselves, and couldn't have sworn his lips were softer and more relaxed than they had been before.
Their faces were so close together now, they could feel each other's warm breath blowing against their skin. The kiss was inevitable-
"What the fuck is going on here?" a voice suddenly called.
Yugi's eyes shot open and he felt Yami being pushed away by someone. Yugi looked up to see an extremely pissed-off looking blonde standing protectively in front of him.
"Jonouchi!" he exclaimed happily. Finally, someone to save him!
Yami stumbled backwards but managed to regain his footing quickly. He looked up at Jonouchi with shock.
"Jonouchi!" he exclaimed. "How the hell did you get in here?"
"Yugi gave me a spare key a long time ago," Jonouchi spat. "But you wouldn't have known that Yami, unless you'd have been here."
"Thank you, Jonouchi…" Yugi thanked quietly.
Jonouchi gave a small nod at Yugi's thanks before turning his attention back to Yami. "What the fuck are you doing here anyway?"
"I-" Yami began.
"Don't worry Jonouchi," Yugi interrupted. He stared angrily at Yami. "He was just leaving."
Yami looked up at Yugi with surprise and shock. But upon seeing the hate and pain in Yugi's eyes, he knew he had out stayed what little welcome he had had. Grunting, he walked past them, bumping into Jonouchi as he went. Jonouchi gave a small growl but managed to control his anger.
Yami stomped towards the living room door, and stopped. He spun around and stared at Yugi.
"Yugi," he said determinedly. "I will get you back. After all, we belong together. Mark my words, I will be back. And you will be mine again."
And with that, Yami stomped over to the front door and walked out. He slammed it shut loudly behind him, causing a few pictures on the wall to shake.
"Bastard!" Jonouchi shouted towards the door, hoping that Yami would hear it (though how he did not know). He turned back to Yugi and placed a comforting hand on his shoulder. He asked softly, "Are you OK?"
Yugi continued to stare angrily at the direction Yami had taken, before the shock of the incident finally began to sink in. His knees buckled and he collapsed to the floor. He buried his face in his hands and cried.
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Bad Yami! Bad!
:sigh: Man, I'm tired after writing that. But I enjoyed it I won't be able to update until the Easter holidays since it's my birthday at the end of this week and next week I have a number of concerts to do. Busy busy busy!
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